nick
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I was a bit disappointed with the way Fulham played at Anfield last week, because I thought they might nick something against Liverpool.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
I can see things going wrong for De Zerbi against his old club, so I am backing Brighton to nick the points here.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
The country stored up 1.26 billion barrels of oil in the nick of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
It built up those reserves just in the nick of time.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
I thought he'd seen me nick the sheet.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Scott Boland bowled 74 deliveries to Root in the remaining three Tests of that series, conceded 39 runs and dismissed Root four times by consistently probing at that fuller length and finding nicks.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
Living “in the heart of elephant country” from 1966-70, Mr. Douglas-Hamilton learned to tell hundreds of elephants apart, largely through the shape of their ears or tears and nicks in them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
“You always get bumps and bruises and nicks and don’t feel great. You just keep going.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
The scrapes and nicks as his head was shaved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
With her finger, she finds the nicks on the houses sides, the slope of its roof.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Both openers were caught behind as Rosemary Mair and Bree Illing found plenty of movement through the air, before former skipper Heather Knight dropped anchor with 28 until she also nicked to the keeper.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Because the safety system is activated by contact, a finger may get nicked.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Imagine it like this: It is late in the evening of April 15, 1865, and Abraham Lincoln has survived an assassination attempt, the bullet aimed by John Wilkes Booth having merely nicked his now-bandaged scalp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
To test the idea further, the researchers created "nicked" DNA, strands that were interrupted at specific points.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
First couple of times, he had to sprint to catch up after cutting the ivy, and once he nicked his finger.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
And, of course, we’ve been in a reciprocal comedy arrangement with Britain — or at least we have been nicking their ideas for shows — for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
All three of his dismissals against pace, including nicking off against Nepal seamer Nandan Yadav, have come against balls clocked between 75-82mph.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
"Somebody reported us to police, thinking we were nicking stuff off the lorry," Helen laughs.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
Brydon Carse was unfortunate not to add to the nicking off of Mitchell Marsh for 24 in an excellent opening spell and Australia’s powerplay total of 41 was their lowest in 31 ODIs.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
The wind’s pummeling me, the salty spray nicking my hot face, the ocean below drumming as ferociously in my head as out of it.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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